Another game. Unfortunately, another Dallas Mavericks player suffered another injury.
This time it was center Daniel Gafford, who departed for good with 10;46 remaining in the second quarter of Monday’s game against Sacramento after he sustained a right knee sprain when he collided with Kings guard Malik Monk. With the Mavs having no veteran bigs left to patrol the middle, the Kings tallied a whopping 74 points in the paint and went on to sneak out of town with a slim 129-128, victory in overtime at American Airlines Center.
The loss dropped the Mavs to 28-26 and left them just half-a-game ahead of the Kings (27-26) in the Western Conference standings.